Α Alpha (al-fah) Β Beta (bay-tah) Γ Gamma (gam-ah) Δ Delta (del-tah) Ε Epsilon (ep-si-lon) Ζ Zeta (zay-tah) Η Eta (ay-tah) Θ Theta (thay-tah) Ι Iota (eye-o-tah) Κ Kappa (cap-pah) Λ Lambda (lamb-dah) Μ ...

In other words, the Greek alphabet was believed to be an adaptation of the Phoenician alphabet ... found in records of writers such as Aeschylus (fifth century BCE), Hyginus (first century CE), and ...